Umm... Did Hitachi storage get bought by WDC? Fujitsu was bought out by Toshiba and Samsung was bought out by Seagate.
At least thats what I remember. Regards, On August 28, 2012 at 2:10 PM Greg Sevart <[email protected]> wrote: > Unless you're in a big hurry, you might consider waiting a bit. We should > start to see the new 3.5" Toshiba drives, built using (former) Hitachi > technology by (former) Hitachi employees in (former) Hitachi factories (spun > off as part of regulatory approval for WDC to purchase Hitachi's storage > assets--score 1 for consumer protection for once), enter the sales channel. > These are expected to be a continuation of the revered 5K3000 and 7K3000 > lines--which means that they should operate perfectly in RAID and they > should be cost effective. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary Udstrand > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 11:29 AM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: [H] Synology DS1512+ and WD Red drives > > I am about to take the plunge and replace my current NAS with a DS1512+ from > Synology. I am aware of the issues they had with restarts but they > supposedly have found the issue (bad flash RAM) and fixed the issue. I plan > on populating it using the new WD Red (3TB) drives. > > I have seen mention that the price on the drives is ~180-190 but the prices > I have seen are a lot more than that, times 5 it gets to be a fair chunk of > change. I have seem them at NewEgg of $260 and Amazon for $230 (when they > had them). NewEgg also had a limit of two. > > So, does anyone know of any place I can get 5 of these for a decent > price? I want reliability and I think these are the best drives available > for that, would love to hear any thoughts on my selections too. It is a lot > of money for a NAS and I want to make sure that I am making the right > choice. > > Thanks! > > -- > Gary > http://www.twigsandtracks.com > Twigs snap and tracks fade, a photograph reacquaints Twigs and Tracks Blog > Superior > Sunrise<http://blog.twigsandtracks.com/2012/03/08/superior-sunrise/?utm_sour > ce=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=superior-sunrise> > > Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com [email protected]
